Split wordpress post source code into token of text and shortcode16.12.25

```
/**
 * Returns an array:
 *   [0] => array of strings (either plain text or a short-code block)
 *   [1] => array of types  ('text' | 'shortcode')
 */
function wp_split_post_by_shortcodes( $post_content ) {

// 1.  Protect every short-code (including nested ones) as a single token
    //     Opening tag: [name  …]  or  [name … /]
    //     Closing tag: [/name]
    $pattern =
        '/
        \[(\[?)                    # opening bracket
        ([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)          # short-code name
        [^\]]*?                   # any attributes
        (?:\/?\]|\]               # closing bracket
        (?:.*?\[\/\2\])?)         # optional closing tag
        \s*                        # optional white-space after
        /s';

$parts   = preg_split( $pattern, $post_content, -1, PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE );
    $tokens  = array();
    $types   = array();

$in_shortcode = false;
    foreach ( $parts as $i => $chunk ) {

if ( $i & 1 ) {                       // odd index → we captured a short-code
            $tokens[] = $chunk;
            $types[]  = 'shortcode';
            $in_shortcode = true;
        } else {
            $trimmed = trim( $chunk );
            if ( $trimmed !== '' ) {
                $tokens[] = $trimmed;
                $types[]  = 'text';
            }
        }
    }

return array( $tokens, $types );
}

foreach ( $tokens as $i => $token ) {
    if ( $types[ $i ] === 'text' ) {
        // Send to Google / DeepL / whatever
        $tokens[ $i ] = my_translate( $token, 'en', 'fr' );
    }
    // short-code blocks are left untouched
}

$new_content = implode( '', $tokens );

// Update the post (or save as a new translation)
wp_update_post( array(
    'ID'           => $post_id,
    'post_content' => $new_content,
) );
```

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Split wordpress post source code into token of text and shortcode16.12.25

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